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"List of Wikipedia essays" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The dustbin

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By which I mean the standard structure of the first sentence of the lead: <A/The> <title of article> (<dustbin>) <is... whatever>. The title is followed by a parenthesised list of abbreviations, alternative names, pronunciations, pronunciations in other languages and varieties of English, and on to Uncle Tom Cobley. Conventionally, biographical articles may include the subject's dates, as in Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), but as that example shows, this gets expanded and expanded, and finally moved into footnotes. I recall reading an essay about this problem, but cannot find it now. Can anyone help? Imaginatorium (talk) 04:00, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Correction Sorry, I may have broken the rules, if it looks as though I am seeking help. Of course I am not seeking help, I am suggesting that this page should be modified in such a way that I can find the essay... Imaginatorium (talk) 09:30, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Ah well, perhaps the way this page might be improved is by mentioning other places one might recall reading an essay: it turns out this was here: Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2017-06-09/Op-ed Imaginatorium (talk) 19:46, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]